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| Luca Giordano Abraham & the Three Angels 1695-96 Prado |
The Angel
I dreamt a Dream! what can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen
Guarded by an Angel mild:
Witless woe was ne'er beguil'd!
And I wept both night and day,
And he wip'd my tears away,
And I wept both night and day,
And hid from him my heart's delight.
So he took his wings and fled;
Then the morn blush'd rosy red;
I dried my tears & arm'd my fears
With ten thousand shields and spears.
Soon my Angel came again;
I was arm'd, he came in vain,
For the time of youth was fled
And grey hairs were on my head.
– William Blake, Songs of Experience
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| Giambattista Tiepolo Abraham & the Three Angels ca. 1770 Prado |
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| Leonaert Bramer Abraham & the Three Angels ca. 1640 Prado |
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| Francisco Bayeu Abraham & the Three Angels 1771 Prado |
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| Frans Francken the Younger Abraham & the Three Angels 17th century Prado |
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| Juan Antonio Escalante The Prophet Elijah Fed by an Angel 1668 Prado |
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| Cecco de Caravaggio (Francesco Buoneri) Guardian Angel with Saints Ursula and Thomas ca. 1615 Prado |
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| Alonso Cano St Paul Freed by an Angel 1657 Prado |
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| Antonio de Pereda St Peter Freed by an Angel 1643 Prado |
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| Orazio Gentileschi St Francis Held by an Angel ca. 1607 Prado |
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| Francisco Ribalta St Francis visited by an Angel Musician and a Lamb ca. 1620 Prado |
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| Andrea di Lione Jacob Wrestling with the Angel before 1670 Prado |
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| Luca Giordano Jacob Wrestling with the Angel ca. 1694 Prado |
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| Francisco Goya Tobais and the Angel ca. 1787 Prado |
I am grateful for the beautiful reproductions made available by Museo del Prado.